Dynamic Checkout: Same day delivery

Purpose: Once you've configured Dynamic Checkout, you can offer Same day delivery to your customers on your checkout page. Follow the steps below to create your Same day shipping methods and learn how Sendcloud helps you process them in time for delivery the very same day. 

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Same day deliveries through Dynamic Checkout

A Same day delivery is an order which is placed and delivered on the same day. It's an ideal solution for urgent packages which require special attention, or for when you go that bit further for your customers and offer exceptionally flexible shipping options. 

Due to the time-conscious nature of Same day shipments, this feature is currently only available for domestic (national) shipments through select carriers.

Step 1: Set up Same day delivery

First, make sure you've installed Dynamic Checkout for your integration and configured your delivery zones. Then proceed as follows: 

1. In Settings > Dynamic Checkout, next to your integration click Edit
2. Next, click on New delivery method next to the delivery zone where you want to offer Same day delivery. Please note: you must have an active sender address in this country.
   
   
3. Select Same day delivery from the list of delivery methods

Step 2: Select your shipping service

This section of the configuration menu allows you to select which carrier and options you want to offer on your checkout page.

The shipping services displayed for you to select from are based on the carriers which you have enabled in your account, or for which you have a direct carrier contract, and which offer a shipping method which has a transit time of 24 hours or less. 

How to select your shipping service 

1. Click Select next to the shipping service you want to offer. 
2. You can use the +add filter button to filter the list based on which additional shipping options are available*. 
3. Continue to Step 3

Step 3: Choose your shipping options

Once you’ve selected your shipping service, it’s time to add on the extra delivery options you want to offer. 

1. Make your choices based on the available options. For example, under Signature required you can select Yesor No depending on your preference. 
   
   
2. The options you choose will then be used to calculate which shipping methods will be applied to your incoming orders. The applicable shipping methods will be listed under Shipping methods used to process orders.

Step 4: Configure shipping rates

Before your delivery method can be displayed, you need to add pricing. 

Click on  Use shipping rates to add pricing for your shipping method. Here can use default weight classes or define your own custom weight classes. If you choose the default weight classes, you will be using the weight classes predefined by the shipping service that you have activated. If you choose to customize your weight classes, you can create your own by clicking +New weight class. Select the option that suits you best.
Find out more about shipping rates and how to enable free shipping and discount coupons in this article. 

Step 5: Holidays

In this section, you can enter the days during the year in which you or the carrier won't be processing or delivering parcels. For example, you can create a holiday for national holidays, workshops, training events, etc. You can select a range of days or a single day, and mark it as recurring yearly or as a one time event. 

For same day shipping methods, any holidays you add here will mean that this specific shipping method won't be available to customers on these days, as same day orders are shipped out on the day they are created. 

Step 6: Parcel handover days & cut-off times

• Parcel handover days
  Select the days you hand your parcels over for delivery, either directly to a service point or via a carrier collection. Leave the days you don't hand your parcels over unselected. 
• Cut-off time
  Enter the time from which this shipping method will no longer be available in your checkout for your customers to select. For example, if you don't plan to process, pack and handover parcels from 15:00 onwards, this would be your cut-off time. From 15:00 onwards, this method won't appear in your checkout. Don't forget to include the time it takes to process orders and hand them over to the carrier when calculating your cut-off time for next day deliveries.
  

Step 7. Add further details about the delivery method

Under the section Method details, give your shipping method an external and internal title, as well as a public description that will appear under the public title in your checkout.

Step 8: Save and publish

1. Click the Save delivery method button at the bottom of the page to save.
   
    
2. To publish your delivery method to your webshop, click the Publish button in the Dynamic Checkout configuration
   

Step 9: Process your same day deliveries in time 

Orders will be imported into Shipping > Orders > incoming order overview in the Sendcloud panel as normal, however you will now be able to see an additional column in your overview called Parcel handover date. This column tells you when to process your orders, so they reach your customer on time. 

• Orders which must be processed and handed over to the carrier today will appear with this icon:
  
  
• Orders which are overdue will appear with this icon: 
  
  

Filter by parcel handover date

You can also filter your orders using the +add filter button. For example, you can filter your view to show all the orders which must be processed today: